The Letterpress Exchange Group was formed around 1992 by Claire Bolton of The Alembic Press as a forum that was exclusively letterpress, and small enough to make the task of printing not too onerous. Membership is strictly limited to twenty-five members and operates a policy that if one does not contribute, one does not receive [...]
By Justin Knopp
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Tagged Alan Brignull, Alembic Press, Ben Brundell, Claire Bolton, Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, Ericius Press, Incline Press, Justin Knopp, LEG, letterpress, Letterpress Exchange Group, Palliser Press, Reading University, The Happy Dragons' Press, The Hedgehog Press, The Old Forge Press, typography
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I was delighted this morning to happen upon a wonderfully creative piece of letterpress work, by Ross Shaw and Jon Kielty of JMG, on the cover of the current edition of Le Cool. Ross, Jon and myself collaborate under the guise of The Occasional Print Club, along with Pat Randle, producing experimental letterpress work in [...]
February 25, 2009 – 10:46 pm
I have been extremely fortunate to receive a day’s tuition from Phil Abel at Hand & Eye Letterpress, in the fine art of ‘make-ready’ and ‘overlaying’ on the letterpress cylinder press. After mentioning to Phil that I hope to achieve high-quality work on my Wharfedale press, once it is restored to working order, he kindly [...]
February 18, 2009 – 11:23 am
The Occasional Print Club was formed in November 2008, in the corner of a thronging London ale house behind Fleet Street, by myself and three other typographers; Jonathan Kielty, Pat Randle and Ross Shaw. We were full of energy and enthusiasm, having spent that day at the excellent Letterpress: A Celebration conference at the St [...]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in letterpress, Private Presses, The Occasional Print Club
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Tagged John Randle, Jonathan Kielty, Justin Knopp, letterpress, OPC, Pat Randle, Ross Shaw, St Bride Library, The Occasional Print Club, Western proofing press, Whittington Press
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January 27, 2009 – 8:14 pm
Whilst work continues to get my 1888 Wharfedale stop cylinder press restored and back into working order, I have put together this whimsical movie of the day we relocated it to our workshop. I was grateful for the expert assistance of C.J. Overy Transport and the generous help of a willing band of friends and [...]
December 2, 2008 – 4:05 pm
Apologies for the recent hiatus of posting to this blog but most of my energy has been expended out in the workshop, of late. Our range of letterpress Christmas cards are proving to be very popular and a reprint of some designs is underway. We are also engaged in some bespoke letterpress projects and the [...]
October 13, 2008 – 7:30 pm
During the past weekend, tentative attempts were made to bring the largest printing press in our collection back into production for book and poster work. Our Wharfedale cylinder press was manufactured in 1888 by W. Dawson & Sons in Otley, West Yorkshire, and whilst it is one of the smaller machines of its type, it [...]
August 25, 2008 – 11:48 pm
After fourteen years of active letterpress printing and two years of dedicated planning, Typoretum has been successfully launched. Since launching Typoretum on the 14th August 2008, we have been busy designing and printing new letterpress card designs, some of which are now available for purchase online via our website at http://www.typoretum.co.uk
